_Festivals_, description of chivalric, I. 176. 379. At tournaments, 281. _Fidelity_ to obligations, a great virtue in knights, I. 151. _Flodden_, chivalric circumstances at battle of, II. 121. _Flowers_, Romance of, remarks on, I. 315. note. _Forget-me-not_, romantic story of this flower: joust concerning it, I. 315. _France_, state of, after the death of Du Guesclin, II. 203. Chivalry in baronial castles, II. 169. Knighthood given to improper persons, 211. Extinction of chivalry in, 226. Ridiculous imitation of chivalry by the profligate soldiers of a profligate king, 228. _Francis I._, his chivalric qualities, II. 223. Circumstances which disgraced his chivalry, 224. Knighted by Bayard, 225. _Fraternity_, origin and history of the spirit of, I. 4. Encouraged by the institutions of Arthur, 379. _Froissart_, character of his history, _Preface_. _Frojaz_, Don Rodrigo, a Spanish knight, chivalric mode of his death, I. 71. _Furs_, fondness of people in the middle ages for them, I. 49. 85. note. G. _Gallantry_, its origin, I. 7-9. Absurdity of antiquarians respecting, 175. note. _Garter_, order of the, objects of, I. 360. Its resemblance to a religious order, 361. Reasons of its being established, 360.; II. 4. Commonly ascribed origin a vulgar fable, 6. Meaning of the motto, 7. The collar, 8. _Gawain_, Sir, a knight of Arthur's Round Table, character of, I. 378. _Generousness_ of knights, high estimation of this quality, I. 153. Instances, 153-157. _Gennet_, order of the, I. 374. _George_, Saint, the person that was understood by this name, II. 9. _Germans_, superior virtue of German women owned by Tacitus, I. 7. Instances of this virtue, 7, 8. Political chivalry had no influence in Germany, II. 303. German knights quailed before undisciplined troops, 304. When and where tournaments were held, I. 262. Heraldic pride of the, 263. note. Singular matter regarding the, 265. note. Inferiority of to Italian condottieri, 305. Intolerance and cruelty of German knights, 306. Their education, 307. Cruelty to their squires, 308. Their avarice, 310. Little influence of German chivalry, 311. Singular exception, 312. Destruction of chivalry, 317. _Gonfanon_, what it was, I. 67. _Gonsalez_, Count Fernan de, a fabulous hero of Spanish chivalry, II. 245. _Gordon_, Adam, his chivalry, I. 56. _Graville_, Sir William, loses a fortress out of his love for chess-playing, I. 165. _Green-field_, knights of the Fair Lady in the, story of their chevisance, I. 223. _Gueldres_, Duke of, story of his regard for knightly honour, I. 138.